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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray resigns minutes after Supreme Court gave the go ahead for the floor test tomorrow

OpIndia Staff -
Facing inevitable defeat in floor test in assembly tomorrow, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray announced his resignation
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News Reports

Kanhaiya Lal beheading: Fundraiser by Kapil Mishra to help the family of the deceased tailor completes its target of Rs 1 crore within 24...

OpIndia Staff -
Kapil Mishra floated a fundraiser to pool money for donation to the family of Kanhaiya Lal who was killed by Islamists on Tuesday.
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News Reports

Maharashtra political crisis: Supreme Court refuses to stay floor test ordered by Governor on Thursday

OpIndia Staff -
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena had approached SC challenging Maharashtra governor's direction to hold floor test on Thursday.
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News Reports

Columnist Yuvraj Pokharna gets death threats on Instagram for criticising the murder of Kanhaiya Lal

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Columnist Yuvraj Pokharna received death threats for criticizing murder of Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipyr by Islamists
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News Reports

Uddhav Thackeray tries Hindutva one last time, renames Aurangabad to Sambhaji Nagar and Osmanabad to Dharashiv, Congress ministers leave cabinet meeting

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It was very old demand of Hindus in Maharashtra to change Aurangabad's name to Sambhaji Nagar and Osmanabad's name to Dharashiv
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News Reports

Muslim leaders ‘condemn’ the beheading of Kanhaiya Lal after maintaining a deafening silence on ‘blasphemy’ provocations, ‘sar tan se juda’ chants

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While Muslim leaders condemned the killing of Kanhaiya Lal, they had stayed silent on 'blasphemy' provocations.
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News Reports

‘Ban the holy book that teaches to kill, where is the award wapsi gang now?’: Ask outraging Hindus during protests against Kanhaiya Lal’s beheading

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Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and other Hindu organizations protested against the beheading of Kanhaiya Lal.
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News Reports

Under fire for not helping Kanhaiya Lal, Rajasthan Police ‘fact-check’ a sarcastic tweet to prove their seriousness

OpIndia Staff -
The journalist's tweet which was written in a lighter vein was taken quite personally by Rajasthan State Police which went ahead to fact check it on social media.
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News Reports

Mohammed Zubair arrest: Donations made to Alt News under scanner; police to also probe Zubair’s ‘social media brigade’

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Police to probe donations made to Alt News, will investigate if donations were made from 'across the border'
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News Reports

100 tweets went missing from Zubair’s Twitter account, 88 while he was in Police custody

OpIndia Staff -
100 tweets have gone missing from Zubair's account. 88 tweets were deleted while he was in Police custody.
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News Reports

Art of Taqiyya: Islamists posed as ‘customers’ to kill Kanhaiya Lal, while prime accused in Kamlesh Tiwari murder befriended him as Hindu

OpIndia Staff -
In today's day and age, 'taqiyya' has been used by Islamists and their apologists to deceive 'kafirs' (non-believers of Islam) into believing they are a well-wisher only to stab them in the back (figuratively) or behead them (literally).
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News Reports

Kanhaiya Lal’s killer Riyaz Jabbar has a history of instigating people, family members distance themselves claiming no contact for 20 years

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Riyaz Jabbar and Gaus Mohammad beheaded Kanhaiya Lal of Udaipur for supporting Nupur Sharma's allegedly insulting remarks about the Prophet Muhammad.
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News Reports

Udaipur murder: Police constable controlling the mob attacked with sharp weapon in Rajsamand where killers were arrested

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The murderers of Kanhaiya Lal named Mohammed Riyaz Akhtar and Gos Mohammed were arrested from Rajsamand.
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Opinions

Islamist apologists don’t want you to know a ‘Samuday Vishesh’ neighbour next door might behead you, hence appeals against the circulation of video

Amit Kelkar -
A section of SM users have appealed against the circulation of videos of brutality meted out on Kanhaiya Lal by Islamists.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Khargone administration erect barricades in few lanes to maintain peace in riot-hit area, leftist media twist it to portray as anti-Muslim

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Soon the Khargone administration erected barricades in a few lanes to maintain peace in the riot-hit areas, leftist media started spinning a narrative to disparage the BJP government in the state
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Post-mortem report reveals Kanhaiya Lal was hacked over 24 times, 7-8 times on the neck

OpIndia Staff -
According to the reports, the deceased was stabbed 7 to 8 times specifically on his neck while he had more than 24 injury marks on his entire body.
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News Reports

NIA registers case in Kanhaiya Lal Teli murder case under several sections of IPC and UAPA including terror charges

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After police registered the Kanhaiya Lal murder case, NIA re-registered the case after the case was handed over to it by home ministry
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News Reports

‘Udaipur murder is symptom, we are ignoring the disease’: Kerala Governor says madrasas are teaching that beheading is the only punishment for blasphemy

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Kerala Governor AM Khan said children studying at madarsas are taught that the punishment for blasphemy is beheading and it is the law of God.
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News Reports

‘Remarks are completely unwarranted, misleading and unacceptable’: MEA Spokesperson on UN Human Rights’ comment on Teesta Setalvad’s arrest

OpIndia Staff -
The statement by the UN Human Rights body insinuated that Teesta Setalvad is being persecuted for her 'activism and solidarity with victims of the 2002 Gujarat Riots'.
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News Reports

After Udaipur murder, similar killing of Umesh Kolhe in Maharashtra raises questions, BJP leader claims he was killed for supporting Nupur Sharma

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Maharashtra BJP leader has asked Police whether Umesh Kolhe was murdered for supporting Nupur Sharma
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Opinions

From ‘hospital in place of Ram Mandir’ to wearing Hindu identity on sleeve: Hindutva as response to Left Liberal and deep Nehruvian State

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Hindutva essentially means “Hindu + Tattva” which roughly translates as “soul and existence of Hinduism”. In today’s time we consider Hindutva as Hinduism which resists.
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News Reports

Rebel Shiv Sena MLAs donate Rs 51 lakhs to the Assam CM’s relief fund for flood relief, to shift to a place closer to...

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Rebel Shiv Sena MLAs have decided to shift to a place close to Mumbai after Maharashtra Governor ordered a floor test
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News Reports

BBC, NYT jump in to defend Alt News’ Md Zubair, ignore his derogatory anti-Hindu posts and claim he is arrested for being a ‘Modi...

OpIndia Staff -
The BBC reported that the Police in India had arrested Mohammed Zubair for being vocal critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government
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News Reports

‘The post was not about Sharad Pawar…NCP workers molested me during police custody’: Ketaki Chitale slams MVA govt over her unlawful arrest

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Ketaki Chitale said, "I did not speak about Sharad Pawar. I was unlawfully picked picked up from my house without any prior notice, without any statement. I was molested by the NCP workers during the police custody"
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News Reports

MHA directs NIA to take over the investigation of Kanhaiya Lal murder by Islamists in Udaipur, ministry promises thorough probe

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MHA has directed NIA to take over murder case of Kanhaiya Lal by two Islamists in Udaipur in Rajasthan
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The Udaipur Files: Kanhaiya Lal’s location was leaked by neighbour Nazim on WhatsApp the way it happened to Kashmiri Hindus

OpIndia Staff -
The way Kanhaiya Lal's location was leaked, and his murder was carried out, it is similar to what had happened to Kashmiri Hindus in 1990s in the valley.
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News Reports

Udaipur Horror: Stones pelted at police after Islamists behead Hindu man, section 144 imposed, internet suspended

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The Police have asked the cyber police stations across the city to intensify social media monitoring and flag posts, images, and videos with the potential to inflame communal tension.
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News Reports

11 heinous murders over alleged blasphemy against Islam and Prophet Mohammed

OpIndia Staff -
From Mahashay Rajpal in 1929 to Kishan Bharwad, Harsha, and Kanhaiya Lal in 2022, Islamists continue to murder people over alleged blasphemy.
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News Reports

Kishan Bharwad and Kanhaiya Lal: The eerie similarities between two brutal murders by Islamists in the name of blasphemy

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The murders of Kanhaiya Lal and Kishan Bharwad by Islamists have striking similarities.
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Politics

Maharashtra crisis: Uddhav to face trust vote on June 30, rebel Shiv Sena MLAs to return from Guwahati

OpIndia Staff -
The rebel Shiv Sena MLAs who have been camping in Guwahati hotel in Assam are expected to leave for Maharashtra to be present in the Assembly tomorrow morning.
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Naveen Jindal gets threat of beheading hours after Udaipur incident from one Akbar Alam, had shared video of Kanhaiya Lal’s murder

OpIndia Staff -
Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal have been receiving death threats since over a month after a tweet by Alt News' Mohammed Zubair led to widespread violence
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Naseeruddin Shah said threats against Nupur Sharma are “hollow threats” by empty vessels, Udaipur beheading proves they are anything but that

OpIndia Staff -
The attempt by Naseeruddin Shah to downplay the threat by Islamists failed miserably as a couple of Islamists brutally beheaded a tailor in Udaipur
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“Criminals have no caste”: Udaipur Collector whitewashes Islamists who beheaded Kanhaiya Lal for supporting Nupur Sharma

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A Hindu man was killed by Islamists in Udaipur for his social media post supporting ex-BJP leader Nupur Sharma.
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Punjab: AAP govt heeds Congress’ suggestion, vows to pass a resolution against Centre’s ban on Sidhu Moosewala’s contentious song

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Similar demands were made by the Congress party, which found resonance with the Bhagwant Mann government.
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Media outfits ‘secularise’ the brutal killing of Kanhaiya Lal after Islamists behead him over his post supporting Nupur Sharma

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While the two accused Islamists have admitted guilt in the brutal murder of the Hindu man in Udaipur, mainstream media resorted to their standard practice of downplaying horrific crimes since here too too the accused are members of the minority community
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Udaipur murder: Kanhaiya Lal, the Hindu man beheaded by Islamists, was earlier arrested by police over the Nupur Sharma post

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Kanhaiyalal was arrested by the Dhanmandi police station officials for his post supporting Nupur Sharma.
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Opinions

Islamists kill another Hindu man while journalists try to paint Mohammed Zubair, who triggered the Islamists, a victim 

Amit Kelkar -
A Hindu man in Udaipur was killed for supporting Nupur Sharma weeks after Mohammed Zubair dog whistled Islamists against her.
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Islamists who beheaded a tailor for writing a social media post in support of Nupur Sharma arrested, had asked Muslims to behead others in...

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Two Islamists, who had brutally beheaded a tailor in Udaipur for posting a social media message in support of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma have been arrested.
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Rajasthan: After Islamists behead Hindu man over post supporting Nupur Sharma, locals protest, CM Gehlot blames PM Narendra Modi

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Protests broke out in Maldas area of Udaipur after 2 Islamists butchered a man to death for posting a message in support of Nupur Sharma.
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‘Oh Narendra Modi, hope knife reaches your neck as well’: Hindu man beheaded in Udaipur by two Muslim men for post supporting Nupur Sharma

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"Oh Narendra Modi, I hope this knife reaches your neck as well," said ISlamic killers who have published the video after their gruesome act
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Patiala House Court sends Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to four days of police custody

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Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair who was arrested on June 27 by the Delhi Police has been sent to 4 day police custody
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Alt News’ Md Zubair had transactions of Rs 50 lakh in the past three months, had promoted fundraiser for pro-Rohingya outfit in April 2022

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Following arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, Delhi Police said that his bank account had over Rs 50 lakh transactions in the last few days
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‘Christians under attack’ redux: SC accepts plea moved by scam-tainted Archbishop alleging increased attacks against pastors and churches

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Archbishop Peter Machado moved a plea in SC, trying to revive the 'Christians under attack' bogey weaponised by the Left.
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News Reports

9 organisations in Bihar, including one of Pasmanda Muslims, come together to talk about ‘communalism’, ‘caste census’, and ‘confused opposition’: Details

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Nine organisations, including a Pasmanda Muslim organisation, to meet in Bihar to discuss communalism and confused opposition’
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Interviews

Amid Maharashtra political crisis, OpIndia speaks to Shankersinh Vaghela, one time friend and confidante of Narendra Modi who introduced ‘resort politics’

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Political opponents are not enemies, says Shankersinh Vaghela in a freewheeling interview with OpIndia
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Opinions

Of Free Speech and 295A: Why I partially agree and wholly disagree with the arguments of Prof Anand Ranganathan

Nupur J Sharma -
Professor Anand Ranganathan tweeted that he supported Zubair against his arrest because he believes that 295A is a draconian law that has no place in a moral, just and civilised society.
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News Reports

Here is how Teesta Setalvad leveraged her connections in media to plant the ‘mass grave’ story during the Gujarat riots

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There are several instances when Teesta, along with her aides, fabricated claims and tried to influence the proceeding in the Gujarat riots case.
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Gujarat riots: Congress takes three days to express ‘disappointment’ over SC verdict dismissing petition by ex-Congress leader Ehsan Jafri’s widow

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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh called the SC's verdict in 2002 Gujarat riots 'deeply disappointing' and said that his party stands by Zakia Jafri and her family
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India to ban single-use plastics having low utility and high littering potential from July 1, to set up control rooms to check illegal sale,...

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National and State level control rooms to be set up for checking illegal manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of banned single use plastic items
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Sangli mass murder: Occultist Abbas arrested for poisoning a family to death, ‘secular’ media gives a Hindu spin by calling him ‘Tantrik’

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Renowned leftist media outlets like Aaj Tak, News 18, Hindustan Times and The Indian Express proceeded to give the Sangli mass suicide incident, where accused is said to be a Muslim occultist, a Hindu spin as well
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